Symposium Schedule


Day 1
09:15	Arrival and Coffee, Alte Aula (Old Assembly Hall), Münzgasse 30, 72070 Tübingen
09:30	Opening Remarks: Social Justice and Technological Futures Laura Schelenz, IZEW
09:45	Greetings from the organizers Prof. Regina Ammicht Quinn, IZEW Prof. Olaf Kramer, RHET AI Center Prof. Astrid Franke, CRC 923 "Threatened Orders"
10:00	Conversation with Lecia J. Brooks, Southern Poverty Law Center, USA, moderated by Prof. Regina Ammicht Quinn Social Justice: What are we talking about?
10:30	Panel I: Critical Perspectives on Global AI Developments: Ethics, Economy, Equality, chair: Dr. Lou Brandner Koliwe Majama, Mozilla Foundation, Zimbabwe Sofia Scasserra, Universidad Nacional Tres de Febrero, Argentina Dr. Scott Timcke, ICT Research Africa, South Africa
12:00	Lunch
13:00	Short talk A Virtue Ethical Approach to Understanding (AI) Technologies, chair: Dr. Saeedeh Babaii Dr. Mahdi Khalili, University of Graz, Austria / Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Iran
13:30	Panel II by RHET AI Center: AI, Imagination, and Creativity, chair: Dr. Anne Burkhardt Jorge Caballero Ramos, Film Director at Gusano Films, Universidad Pompeu Fabra Barcelona, Spain/Colombia Joana Varon, “Executive Directress and Creative Chaos Catalyst”, Coding Rights, Brazil
14:30	Break
15:00	Short talk: Code to Inspire: A coding school for Afghan women and girls, chair: Laura Schelenz Fereshteh Forough, CEO, Code to Inspire, Afghanistan/USA
15:30	Fireside Chat on Black Feminism and Technological Futures, chair: Prof. Astrid Franke Prof. Jakita O. Thomas, Auburn University, USA
16:30	Hearty snack and walk through the old town to the cinema
18:00	Film “Robin Bank” and talk with producer Jorge Caballero Ramos, Gusano Films, Spain [Free for invited speakers and chairs; tickets for participants: approx. 10 Euros]


Day 2
09:30	Panel III: Reconfiguring Justice and Equity: Content Governance Models for Plaform Violence (UNC-Tübingen Partnership Panel “tbd”), chair: PD Dr. Jessica Heesen Dr. Nanditha Narayanamoorthy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Heesoo Jang, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Prof. Shannon McGregor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
10:45	Exhibition at the Tübingen City Museum “Cyber and the City – Artificial Intelligence moves Tübingen”
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Fireside chat on Removing Barriers: The Intersection of Empowerment and Inclusive Innovation, chair: Dr. Ingrid Stapf Christopher Lafayette, emergent technologist, USA
14:00	Panel IV: Data and Discrimination: From Grassroots to Institutional Views, chair: Sol Martinez Demarco Dr. Maximilian Müngersdorff, German Commission for UNESCO Ivana Feldfeber Kisilevsky, Observatorio de Datos con Perspectiva de Género, Argentina
15:30	Break
16:00	Short talk: The Impact of Digitalisation on Migration Processes: the Case of Ukrainians in Germany, chair: Dr. Mone Spindler Dr. Taisiia Ratushna, University of Tübingen/Zaporizhzhia National University, Ukraine
16:30	Reading with Temi Oh, award-winning author Do you Dream of Terra Two? and new book More Perfect, chair: Dr. Sarah Lohmann
17:30	Wrap Up: What the future holds… Prof. Regina Ammicht Quinn, Laura Schelenz
18:00	End of the symposium; optional walk to the castle of Tübingen (10 minute walk) and taking photos

"Cyber and the City"

Visit to the local museum (May 3 at 11 am)

On the second day of the symposium, we will visit the exhibition "Cyber and the City. Artificial Intelligence Moves Tübingen" currently displayed at the Stadtmuseum Tübingen (local city museum). More information about the exhibition (in German) can be found at their website:

https://www.tuebingen.de/stadtmuseum/38998.html.

We will have an English-language tour guided by our students at the American Studies Department. We are excited about the students' insights about AI in Tübingen and their take on the exhibition.

Movie Night at the Cinema Arsenal

May 2, 6 pm

“Robin Bank” (Spanish/Catalan with English subtitles) and talk with producer Jorge Caballero Ramos, Gusano Films, Spain
See a trailer of the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhUFW-iTcbw
This event is sponsored by the RHET AI Center: https://rhet.ai/en/2023/03/27/movie-screening-robin-bank/

The film is free for invited speakers and chairs of the symposium; external participants will be charged approx. 10 Euros (9 Euros for students) to enter the cinema.
Address: Cinema Arsenal, Hintere Grabenstraße 20, 72070 Tübingen

Day 1

Day 2